Remains of 95-year-old grandmother discovered at her Altadena home after fire
The remains of a 95-year-old grandmother who was unaccounted for were discovered at her destroyed home in Altadena after the devastating Eaton Fire.
Dalyce Curry's family was reeling with the uncertainty of whether she was dead after the Eaton Fire tore through her Altadena home. Unfortunately, the coroner confirmed to Curry's family on Sunday just before 6 p.m. that her remains were discovered.
Kelley, who is her grandmother's part-time caregiver, had to take care of other family members and left for the evening. Kelley, like thousands of others, didn't think the fire - which had sparked just hours earlier, would turn into the monster it would become.
Dalyce woke up to a text alert that power had gone out at her grandmother's house and she rushed to the smoke-filled Altadena area first thing to check on Momma D.
"I'm sorry your grandmother's property is gone. It totally burned down," an officer said when she reached a barricade. He suggested Kelley check the Pasadena Civic Center where displaced residents were being sent.
Momma D had not been seen since that night.
By Friday, Kelley was escorted by a member of the national guard to her home.
"It was total devastation," Kelley said. "Everything was gone except her blue Cadillac."
Mamma D was part of Old Black Hollywood in the 1950s, acting for decades.
She was an extra in iconic films like "The 10 Commandments", "Blues Brothers" and "Lady Sings the Blues".
Despite being 95 years old, her granddaughters say she still had plenty of life to live.
"She was very active, you would not think she was 95," granddaughter Loree Beamer-Wilkinson said.
Kelley told Eyewitness News on Sunday before she learned of her grandmother's death that she was "still praying for a miracle," but feared the worst.
"Honestly we don't feel very hopeful that she's still here with us," Kelley said.
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